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Courtland Milloy is a columnist and former reporter for ''

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''. He joined the ''Post'' in 1975 after working at the '' Miami Herald''. He is one of the journalists interviewed in the documentary film '' The Newspaperman''. Milloy is known for covering the Washington D.C. area's African American community and highlighting issues in less affluent areas of

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He is a critic of

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and urban cyclists. Milloy hosted the

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show ''For Black Men Only'' in 1992. A former critic of

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, he later began tweeting. Milloy has been critical of cyclists and has drawn their protests with his columns. He is a critic of the

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team name and has written on issues including panhandling, recovery from drug addiction,

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, and traffic fines. He was critical of the film '' Precious''.

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